A few days ago I saw an ad for a productivity journal which said that all you had to do to be more productive was to write your daily goals in your productivity journal (and the journal wasn't cheap).
That reminded me of the old Ivy Lee method of using what he called 'The Success Six.'
This system was so simple yet apparently so effective and consisted of, at the end of each day writing down the six most important things you had to do the next day and then number them in the order of their importance.
In 1918 Charles M Schwab who was then the president of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, was told this by Ivy Lee as a way to increase the efficiency of his team.
He also told him of the importance of only working on one task at a time and ignoring all the rest. Just do one thing and then move onto the next.
This seems stupidly simple, doesn't it? But it actually works like a dream.
It's also cheaper than buying an expensive journal.
I buy a cheap diary every year and I use the Ivy Lee method of making it a habit that the last thing I do every day when I've finished writing, is to write down everything I have to do the next day (or several days ahead so that I don't forget anything). And it's not just writing projects that I write down. I write everything, which makes it really easy to get started the next morning because I know exactly what to do first.
And this way I don't need to multi-task which also helps my crazy little monkey-mind to focus more.
So if you're looking for a way to get more done, just try it for yourself.
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